Popular baby names in Washington, 1912

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1912 were Mary for girls (207 babies) and John for boys (229). Social Security records list 7,226 babies born in Washington in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Washington that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

June: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maxine: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Phyllis: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Patricia: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Wilma: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marian: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Geraldine: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ellen: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Violet: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marjorie: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Gordon: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donald: 65 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jack: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Glenn: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ray: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kenneth: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Philip: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Howard: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edwin: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lloyd: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	207	↑1	1
2	Helen	184	↓1	2
3	Dorothy	165	↑1	3
4	Margaret	154	↓1	4
5	Ruth	125	–	5
6	Mildred	95	↑4	6
7	Frances	82	↑2	9
8	Elizabeth	70	↓1	8
9	Alice	66	↓3	11
10	Evelyn	66	↓2	13
11	Florence	64	↑3	12
12	Grace	59	↑21	24
13	Marie	56	↑3	10
14	Gladys	54	↑1	19
15	Lillian	52	↑13	14
16	Esther	51	↑11	33
17	Edith	50	↑9	31
18	Louise	47	–	17
19	Virginia	46	↓7	20
20	Elsie	45	↑10	42
21	Hazel	45	↑3	25
22	Irene	44	↑25	22
23	Eleanor	43	↑27	39
24	Doris	42	↓1	48
25	Marjorie	41	↓8	56
26	Edna	39	↓13	16
27	Agnes	38	↑22	40
28	Ethel	38	↓17	18
29	Lucille	36	↑6	32
30	Thelma	36	↓5	26
31	Ruby	34	↑17	23
32	Bertha	33	↑10	36
33	Bernice	32	↓13	51
34	Katherine	32	new	53
35	Catherine	31	new	21
36	Clara	31	↑1	34
37	Jean	31	↑7	64
38	Gertrude	30	↑5	30
39	Lois	30	↓18	63
40	Martha	30	–	29
41	Josephine	29	↓7	28
42	Mabel	28	↓20	46
43	Ellen	27	↓5	86
44	Maxine	27	new	>100
45	Pauline	27	new	38
46	Violet	27	↓14	83
47	Emma	26	new	35
48	Marian	26	new	93
49	Marion	26	new	55
50	Vera	26	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	229	–	1
2	Robert	166	↑1	4
3	William	156	↓1	2
4	James	123	–	3
5	George	109	–	6
6	Charles	81	–	7
7	Frank	72	↑1	9
8	Edward	71	↑1	8
9	Harold	71	↓2	13
10	Donald	65	↑12	27
11	Richard	60	↑2	19
12	Arthur	57	↑4	15
13	Walter	57	↑1	11
14	Jack	56	↑4	28
15	Howard	50	↑11	25
16	Joseph	50	↓4	5
17	Albert	49	↓2	17
18	Thomas	47	↓8	10
19	Harry	42	↓8	16
20	Kenneth	42	↑9	33
21	Carl	40	–	24
22	Henry	39	↑9	12
23	Fred	38	↓3	26
24	Paul	38	↓5	14
25	Raymond	38	↑7	18
26	Ralph	36	↓1	23
27	Lawrence	34	↑3	38
28	Ernest	31	↑17	32
29	Clarence	30	↓12	21
30	David	29	↑10	29
31	Louis	29	↑17	20
32	Roy	29	↓5	31
33	Elmer	27	new	47
34	Alfred	26	–	40
35	Eugene	26	↓12	41
36	Earl	23	↓8	34
37	Edwin	23	new	54
38	Lester	21	new	58
39	Theodore	21	new	52
40	Floyd	20	↑6	59
41	Philip	20	new	69
42	Clifford	19	↓5	62
43	Gordon	19	↓19	93
44	Lloyd	19	new	70
45	Stanley	19	↑5	43
46	Joe	18	↓3	36
47	Melvin	18	↑2	71
48	Ray	18	↓15	77
49	Bernard	17	new	60
50	Glenn	17	new	84

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